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James Ducker is providing a behind the scenes look at Manchester United
with a daily diary from the club’s pre-season tour of the US.

When you have just won 7-0 in your first game as United manager, the last
question you expect to be asked first at the post-match media conference is
why Javier Hernandez did not play. That, though, is what transpired as the
fervour that surrounds the Mexico striker in California - which has a huge
Latin American population - prompted one reporter to sorely misjudge the
moment. Van Gaal explained that since Hernandez had only joined up with the